Religion and Characters in
Dark X-Men: The Beginning #3 (Oct. 2009):
“Hidden Depths”
by Paul Cornell, Leonard Kirk

40 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (lead character)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  Defenders; Avengers; The Order; Illuminati; Dark X-Men; X-Men [Atlantis]		1,864
Black Queen (Emma Frost) (lead character)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Council of the Chosen; Hellfire Club Inner Circle  Generation X (teacher); X-Men; Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men (leader)		3,409
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (2-panel cameo)	Protestant	Weapon Plus; Invaders  Avengers; Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Ultimates; New Avengers		5,992
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (2-panel cameo)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; Yancy Street Gang  West Coast Avengers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards) (2-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Avengers; Lady Liberators		4,069
Nazis (2-panel cameo)	Nazi	[Germany. generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
Atlanteans (2-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion			165
Namora (Aquaria Nautica Neptunia) (2-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Agents of Atlas; Monster Hunters  Renegades [Atlantis]		163
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	Avengers; Defenders  Hulkbusters; Pantheon; The Order; Ultimates; Secret Defenders; X-Saviours; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles)		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (1-panel cameo)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Avengers; West Coast Avengers  Force Works; Illuminati; Ultimates; New Avengers; Mighty Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Avengers; Thor Corps  Ultimates; Cosmic Avengers [Norway]		4,362
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (1-panel cameo)	occult	Defenders; Midnight Sons  The Order; Illuminati; Secret Defenders; New Avengers		1,687
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Force; Fantastic Five		4,393
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	X-Men; X-Factor  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; The Twelve (mutants); Summers Rebellion		2,604
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Defenders; Avengers; X-Factor; Academy of Tomorrow; X-Club		5,233
Phoenix (Jean Grey) (1-panel cameo)	Episcopalian	X-Men; X-Factor  The Twelve (mutants)		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (1-panel cameo)	Jewish Catholic	X-Men; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; X-Factor; The Twelve (mutants); Secret Defenders		1,752
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (1-panel cameo)	religious	X-Men (founder); Brotherhood of Mutants  The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur (founder); Illuminati		4,318
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (1-panel cameo)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	First Flight; Weapon Plus  Weapon X; Team X; Alpha Flight; X-Men; Secret Defenders; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; New Avengers; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Force [Canada]		8,823
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (1-panel cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	Brotherhood of Mutants; Avengers  West Coast Avengers; Force Works; Secret Defenders; Avengers (MC2); Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Ultimates		1,624
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (1-panel cameo)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Men  Acolytes; The Twelve (mutants); Genoshan Excalibur; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy [Foe of: X-Men (arch-enemy)]		916
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom) (1-panel cameo)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four [Latveria. Foe of: Fantastic Four (arch-enemy)]		1,176
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (1-panel cameo)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Defenders  The Order; Star Masters; Secret Defenders		826
Hercules (1-panel cameo)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Avengers; Champions (of Los Angeles)  Heroes for Hire; Renegades; Mighty Avengers [Greece]		1,029
Bucky (Bucky Barnes) (1-panel cameo)	Protestant (nominal)	Liberty Legion; Kid Commandos  All-Winners Squad; Invaders; Young Allies (Marvel); New Avengers		395
Cloak (Tyrone Johnson) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic	Dark X-Men; X-Men [partner of Dagger]		216
Dagger (Tandy Bowen) (1-panel cameo)	Catholic	Secret Defenders; Marvel Knights  League of Losers; New Warriors; Secret Avengers; Dark X-Men; X-Men [partner of Cloak]		219
Wolverine (Daken Akihiro) (1-panel cameo)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	X-Strike; Dark Avengers  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (1-panel cameo)	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA  THEM; People's Militia [Germany. Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Mystique (Raven Darkholme) (1-panel cameo)	mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force  X-Factor; X-Corps; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad; X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Marauders; Dark X-Men		451
Human Torch (Jim Hammond) (1-panel cameo)	N.A.	Invaders; All-Winners Squad  V-Battalion; West Coast Avengers; Heroes for Hire; Penance Council	, etc.	497
Mimic (Calvin Rankin) (1-panel cameo)		X-Men; Brotherhood of Mutants  Excalibur; Exiles; Dark X-Men		169
Weapon Omega (Michael Pointer) (1-panel cameo)		Omega Flight; Dark X-Men		41
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) (1-panel cameo)	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian)	Defenders; Lady Liberators [former Chooser of the Slain]		325
Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) (1-panel cameo)		Squadron Sinister; Squadron Supreme  Defenders; Thunderbolts; Redeemers; Secret Avengers; Redeemers (Earth-712)		361
Hellcat (Patsy Walker) (1-panel cameo)		Defenders; Avengers  Legion of Unliving; Lady Liberators		639
Triton (1-panel cameo)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans [Attilan]		278
Union Jack (Montgomery Falsworth) (1-panel cameo)		Freedom's Five; Invaders [England]		37
Attuma (1-panel cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Deep Six [Atlantis]		110
Spitfire (Jacqueline Falsworth) (1-panel cameo)		Invaders; Hellfire Club  V-Battalion; MI-13 [England]		127

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